The Municipal Advocate, S.M states in his report that 11,004 eat [were prosecuted in the Shanghai First Special Area District Court and the Xiangsu: High Court, Second }Branch, during June, as compared with 11,538 in May. Out of the total number of cases prosecuted 10,275 were administrative and 1,820 crimincases, Out of the total number of administrative cases brought to trial 5,859 persons falled to appear and their bail was confiscated, while 27 jeuses were withdrawn, us" compared with, 6230. cases in which ball was jconfiseated "and 40 withdrawn in Four thousand three hundred and Jcighty-nine administrative cases were Prosecuted to completion, out which number 4377. persons were convieied and 12 were acquitted, [Sixteen criminal eases were. with-Jdrawn and 1,313 prosecuted to completion, out of which number 1,112 }persons were convicted" and 201 ac-Guitted, The total number of administrative and criminal eases prosecuted {to completion was 5,702, as compared with 9,294 in May. Five thousand }four hundred and eighty-nine persons were convicted and 213 acquitted, as compared with "4,995 convicted and 730 acquitted in May, Inraddition to the above, there were {38 private criminal prosecutions, compared with 115 in May.
Percentage of Convictions: 84.7 per cent, of the persons charged "in criminal cases and 99:7 per cent, of those charged in administrative cases were convicted, making a total per centage of convictions for the month 922 per cent, as compared with 00.5 er cent. for the month of January, 959 per cent, for the month of Fub: ruary, 825 per cent. for the month of March, 913 per cent, for the month of April, and 91.9 per cent, for the month of May, Appeals Taken Appeals (a) By the Councit:—One appeal to the High Court was, fled during the month of June. 'The total, fuumber of appeals by' the Council' ending on June 30 was as follows:—In the High Court, 7, (b) By the Defendants:—Ninetyelaht appeals were perfected during the month, six to the Supreme Court and 02 fo the High Court, One hundred and seventeen appeals. by defendants were concluded and dealt with as follows:
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